Merimbula
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Merimbula
was passenger steamer built by Ailsa Shipbuilding Company
Ltd in Scotland, and was launched in 1909 for the
Australian company Illawara South Coast Steamship Company.
She was completed in October 1909 and sailed for Sydney
where she entered the service in the New South Wales
trade. She was requisitioned by the Australian Government
after the outbreak of World War One, and was returned to
her owners in late 1918. Under a journey from Sydney to
Eden she hit ground outside the
Beecroft Peninsula in rough weather 27. March 1928.An
salvage attempt to re-float the vessel was made the
following day, but she slid of the rock and sank in
shallow waters. The remains of her rest today north of
Beecroft Pen at Whale Point on a depth of 14 meter, with
some scattered wreck debris visible on the surface.
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